Meanings
adjectivelinguoid (not comparable)
- not comparableHaving the shape of a tongue.
The rostral region of the ventral plate is drawn out posteriorly into a linguoid projection (Fig. 1d, e, f ) which extends back between the prosomal appendage insertions (Fig. 3 ).
2015 September 1, James C. Lamsdell et al., “The oldest described eurypterid: a giant Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian) megalograptid from the Winneshiek Lagerstätte of Iowa”, in BMC Evolutionary Biology, volume 15, →DOI
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